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Three-year-old David Ellis of Port Angeles, along with his aunt, Shelby Heyer of Missoula, Mont., watches a plastic fish float through a model representation of the Elwha River at the Feiro Marine Life Center in Port Angeles as the center’s executive director, Melissa Williams, right, explains how the removal of Glines Canyon Dam changed how fish move upstream.
Marine center focused on improvement plans with improvements and plans for bigger and better things. Feiro will release its resident octopus, Ursula, into the wild soon, is installing a new oyster exhibit and has released a request for bid for a master plan to explore how to build a new marine science BY ARWYN RICE building at the center’s site at City PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Pier, said Melissa Williams, executive director for Feiro. PORT ANGELES — The Ursula, a Pacific giant octoFeiro Marine Life Center is pus, has reached breeding age, entering the new year with a farewell to a popular resident but Williams said, adding that the
Resident octopus at PA facility also set for release
day of the female octopus’ release will not be made public for the safety of the octopus. A state permit for keeping an octopus requires that it is released in the area where it was caught — Freshwater Bay. Female octopuses seek caves or niches when they are ready to breed. After mating, an octopus will lay thousands of eggs — some more than 100,000 — within that cave. TURN
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Thousands of opinions on Navy plan Forest Service answering training range comments BY PAUL GOTTLIEB PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — The U.S. Forest Service is completing final draft responses to thousands of mostly negative comments directed at plans for expanded naval electronic warfare exercises over the North Olympic Peninsula, including Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest. But if you submitted one of the 3,397 correspondences on the $11.5 million Pacific Northwest Electronic Warfare Training Range project, don’t expect a response
specifically to your submission. Greg Wahl, Olympic National Forest environmental coordinator, said this week that the agency is writing final drafts of up to about 100 general responses to the thousands of comments submitted by Nov. 28.
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PA courthouse rain garden work finished Project aimed at reducing pollution BY ROB OLLIKAINEN PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — Crews have completed a major overhaul of the Clallam County Courthouse parking lot to help reduce pollution that flows into neighboring Peabody Creek. With help from the state Department of Ecology, Clallam County has installed bio-retention cells and porous asphalt around the east and south sides of the facility in Port Angeles. The low-impact design, or LID, retrofit will collect and filter stormwater before it flows into
combined sewer mains or the adjacent ravine. Crews broke ground on the project Oct. 12. The bulk of the work was completed by Dec. 14, county Parks, Fair and Facilities Director Joel Winborn said.
Mostly finished “There are a few odds and ends we are working on but for the most part the project is complete,” Winborn said in a Thursday email. “Although it is still early, the project was a success.” Bio-retention cells, or large
rain gardens, are landscaped depressions with special soils and plants that collect and filter stormwater. Porous asphalt is a type of permeable pavement that allows stormwater to seep into the ground or overflow pipes rather than collect at the surface. “Because bio-retention cells and porous asphalt are still relatively new technologies, there will be a slight learning curve for our facilities maintenance staff, because maintaining these systems is a critical part of their success,” Winborn said. “They’re a very talented group, KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS and I’m confident they’ll figure it A newly built rain garden to collect and absorb out pretty quick.” stormwater runoff sits in the middle of the parking lot of TURN
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